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Marvel strikes cinematic gold again with dark and exuberant superhero blockbuster No 3

Full-length debut from Louisville lo-fi trio

Sean Penn has done many good things, and none of them can be found in this sentimental guff. As Sam, he's an autistic who, with the help of saintly lawyer Michelle Pfeiffer, tries to prove he's a fit father to his daughter. It's manipulative, dishonest, and wreaks carnage on The Beatles' songbook. Penn was Oscar-nominated. You have to laugh.

Fully expanded reissue of Love brilliance culled from band's Elektra period

US chanteuse covers the songbook of lo-fi LA maverick

Extraordinary, inspired madness from the Being John Malkovich team

1995 outing from The Independent's resident poet, with extra material

Jean Renoir's 1932 blueprint for Paul Mazursky's heavy-handed 1986 remake Down And Out In Beverly Hills stars Michel Simon as a Parisian tramp rescued from suicidal despair by kindly bookseller Charles Granval. Simon's ungrateful Boudu takes over Granval's house, wife and life, exposing his bourgeois complacency. Enduring, Chaplin-esque social satire. DVD EXTRAS: Introduction by Renoir, essay on the film, trailer for the Mazursky remake.

Legendary single-a-month scam from indie stalwarts revisited

Musical accompaniment to the recent novel of the same name by Glen Duncan